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Biz Markie

Highest Rated: 100% All Up in the Biz (2023)

Lowest Rated: 100% All Up in the Biz (2023)

Birthday: Apr 8, 1964

Birthplace: Harlem, New York, USA

A well-loved pop culture figure for over three decades, rapper Biz Markie established his fame through his exceptional beatboxing skills and off-kilter rapping on singles like "The Vapors," "Nobody Beats the Biz" and "Just a Friend," which rocketed him to the top of the hip-hop charts in the early 1990s. However, a lawsuit involving unauthorized use of a sample on the 1991 single "Alone Again" not only capsized his career, but also changed the structure of recording hip-hop music by requiring labels to clear all samples prior to an album's release. However, Markie's oversized personality kept him afloat in the wake of the suit, mostly as a guest performer on television shows, as well as albums by the Beastie Boys and Will Smith. By the new millennium, he had transformed from class clown to admired elder statesman of hip-hop, as well as a guaranteed laugh generator on television shows ranging from "Celebrity Fit Club" (VH1, 2005-2010) and "Yo Gabba Gabba!" (Nick Jr./Noggin, 2007). Throughout the often-unusual trajectory of his career, Markie never lost his commitment to old-school hip-hop through the venerable art of beatboxing, a skill that required just one instrument - his mouth - and a limitless imagination.

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Highest rated movies

100% 100% All Up in the Biz
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99% CHAAW: Chapter 1
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100% CHAAW: Chapter 2
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Lyricist Lounge: Hip Hop Video Classics
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99% CHAAW: Chapter 3
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 99% CHAAW: Chapter 3 Unknown (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet 100% CHAAW: Chapter 2 Unknown (Character) - 2023
100% 100% All Up in the Biz Self - 2023
No Score Yet 99% CHAAW: Chapter 1 Unknown (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lyricist Lounge: Hip Hop Video Classics Unknown (Character) - 2002

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'n Out Guest 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Snoop Dogg Presents The Joker's Wild Guest 2018-2019
84% 48% Empire Unknown (Guest Star) 2016
No Score Yet 69% SpongeBob SquarePants Unknown (Guest Voice) 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Yo Gabba Gabba! Unknown (Voice),
Unknown (Guest Star),
Self
2007-2013 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Crank Yankers Announcer (Guest Voice) 2004-2005 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Eve Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
40% No Score Yet The Tracy Morgan Show Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
47% No Score Yet Fastlane Unknown (Guest Star) 2002